Kuwait vs Malaysia: Child mortality rate
Kuwait
0.8104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.8309 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Malaysia rank
137th
Child mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0205 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 139th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 199 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.22 deaths per 100 live births | 10.18 deaths per 100 live births | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 10.49 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9573 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2302 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1181 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8627 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3245 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.9476 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8135 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1341 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.8511 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8237 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0274 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Kuwait or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 0.0205 deaths per 100 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .